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SOAP.

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UNITED STATES.

PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM H. CARSLAKE, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

SOAP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 300,214, dated June 10, 1884.

Application filed December 3, 1883. (No modcLl T0 aZZ whom it may' concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. CARSLAKE,

a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Soap, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is aside elevation of abox of soap embodying myinvcntion. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section thereof. Fig. 3 is a view of the box and cake of soap, the parts being separated. I

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

My invention consistsof a method of putting up soap whereby it is protected, and may be readily removed from the box in which it is placed, as will be hereinafter fully set forth.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a cake of soap, the same being of cylindrical form, and 13 represents a cylindrical-shaped box,which is open at both ends, to which ends are fitted closing-caps C. It will be seen that the cake nicely fills the box, whereby it is protected and preserved, and is admirably adapted for travelers, as it is thoroughly inclosed and prevented from wetting or soiling trunks, satchels, 850., the caps fitting snugly nomical in use, there being no angles on its sides, and the cylindrical form of the box adapts it for packing on its side or either end in trunks, &c.,without occupying much room or presenting cutting-edges. \Vhen the soap is required, either cap is removed and the box is overturned,whereby the cake readily leaves the box. Should the cake, however, adhere to the sides of the box, the other cap is removed, so that both ends of the box are open, and the soap may then be pushed through the box, and thus liberated and discharged, as is evident, the operation being illustrated in Fig. 3.

In order to prevent corrosion of the exterior face of the box, and obviate the presentation 7 of a metallic surface to the hands, said face is coated with enamel or hard glazing, which is smooth, covers the seam,and provides a polish, thus beautifying the box. i

Having thus described my invention,what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The improvement in soap, consisting in making the same of cylindrical form and placing it in a box of similar form, having both of its ends open and provided with closing-caps, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

W. H. OARSLAKE.

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J OHN A. WIEDERsHErM, A. 1?. GRANT. 

